American, Alaska execs on winning customer loyalty
In separate interviews, Rick Elieson, president of American’s AAdvantage program, and Elliott Pesut, director of marketing at Alaska Airlines, discuss… Read More »
Delta to resume snack and drink service
Delta Air Lines will bring back snack and beverage service April 14, with canned cocktails as well as soft drinks… Read More »
American plans 90% domestic capacity this summer
American Airlines plans to operate more than 90% of the domestic schedule and 80% of the international capacity it flew… Read More »
CDC middle-seat report did not account for face coverings, layers of protection
A new CDC report concluding that blocking middle seats on aircraft could reduce coronavirus transmission did not consider safety measures… Read More »
Zurich Airport – Key traffic figures March 2021
In March 2021, 228’050 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to a decrease of 74.4% compared to last year. Compared… Read More »
Qantas, BA eye A380 return, China Southern cautious
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) and Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) have said they expect their respective A380-800s to return… Read More »
Malta’s Air CM Global adds first Dash 8-100
Air CM Global (RJR, Malta Int’l) has added its first Dash 8-100 in the form of 9H-CTG (msn 222), its… Read More »
AirAsia to invest heavily in digital business
AirAsia Group plans to raise USD300 million to expand its digital business arm, AirAsia Digital, as it intensifies the diversification… Read More »
Bangladesh closes airspace in new COVID-19 lockdown
All passenger flights to, from, and within Bangladesh remain suspended until April 20, 2021, as the country entered another strict… Read More »
Key Lime Air takes EAS contract at Pierre and Watertown, SD
Key Lime Air, through its Denver Air Connection (KG, Denver Centennial) brand, has snatched a two-year contract away from SkyWest… Read More »
Croatia Airlines demands equal treatment with Ryanair
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) has issued an open letter to the operator of Zagreb airport, demanding fee reductions and incentives… Read More »
Shortlisted entities asked to make final Air India bids
India’s government has invited shortlisted entities to submit financial bids to acquire Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l), local media reported,… Read More »
Italy’s Sky Alps secures first Q400s on lease
Sky Alps (Bolzano) has announced it will lease its first two DHC-8-Q400s from Chorus Aviation Capital with deliveries expected in… Read More »
Flybe to fly again…
Flybe has moved closer to its reentry into operations with the completed purchase from new owners Thyme Opco. Having operated… Read More »
FAI renews multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing
FAI Aviation Group, one of the world’s leading global providers of mission-critical aviation services, has renewed its partnership with world-famous… Read More »
APOC partners with Bonus Tech to complete third engine teardown
APOC Aviation is collaborating with Bonus Tech, Inc., part of the Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance network, to… Read More »
GA Telesis announces four more orders for 737-800SFs with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc.
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) announces four additional firm orders for 737-800SF freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The contract… Read More »
The Three Reasons Big Airlines’ Service Is Awful
Frequent flyers know airline service is a shell of its former glory. From damaged and lost luggage to extra fees… Read More »
Lessor seizes Surinam Airways B737 in Miami over debts
A B737-700 belonging to Surinam Airways (PY, Paramaribo Int’l) has been seized at Miami Int’l, shortly before a scheduled return… Read More »
Thyme Opco completes flybe. aquisition, eyes summer return
Thyme Opco, the Cyrus Capital-controlled shell company that announced last October its intention to acquire flybe. (BE, Exeter), revealed on… Read More »
Eurowings to add A320neo in 2022 to cope with pent-up demand
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is planning to increase its number of active aircraft from less than 30 at present to… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways reveals partnership deal with bank
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) and Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank have announced a “comprehensive cooperation agreement” involving a new strategic… Read More »